Ex-CNNer Lynne Russell's husband kills robber in wild motel shootout

NY Post ^ | 7/1/2015 | Shawn Cohen

[rikkir]

A road trip down old Route 66 led to a Wild West-style motel shootout for a pioneering CNN anchor and her former-soldier hubby.

Lynne Russell — the first woman to ever solo-anchor a primetime network news show — and Chuck de Caro, 65, had stopped at a Motel 6 for the night in Albuquerque when an intruder slipped into their room as Russell went to grab something from the car around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday.

“I opened the door and he materialized out of nowhere; he was inside,” she told The Post. “And he pushed me into the room and onto the bed and closed the door.”

[rikkir]

Sounds like good news. Hate he was injured. Loved her comment at the end.

[rikkir]

There’s a nice picture of Lynne with the article, if someone wants to post it (not very good at that stuff).
Still a very pretty lady.

[South40]

Glad they're OK.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Must have been a Glock .35. Never heard of it until now.

[Always A Marine]

Lynne Russell had a concealed carry permit when she lived in Atlanta and spoke openly about the fact that she carried a handgun. If I’m not mistaken, she was also a volunteer deputy with the Fulton County Sheriff’s Department.

[rikkir]

I caught that also. Couldn’t figure what a .35 caliber was.
Maybe .45 caliber with shoddy reporting.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Ir’a actually a .40 caliber.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

http://www.gandermountain.com/modperl/product/details.cgi?pdesc=Glock-35-Handgun&i=422579

.40 S&W

[rikkir]

Doesn’t hurt when hubby’s ex-special forces!
Dude picked the wrong hotel room.

[ltc8k6]

.357 Sig?

[marktwain]

.35 caliber could be anything from a .380 to a 9mm to a .357.

Where is that public relations woman that Bloomberg is paying to say that “This never happens.”

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I am guessing it was a Glock 35, which is .40 S&W caliber.

[Fiddlstix]

Click The Pic

[delchiante]

So you walk out of your motel 6 room with your husband in the shower and guns on the table?

Were you driving a fancy car parked right in front of your room too?

This reads like what you should not do if you are ex CNN and ex special forces or whatever.

[rikkir]

Thank you

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Maybe a 9MM or 0.354331 caliber bullet.

[Fiddlstix]

Always Happy To Help

[ladyjane]

Staying at a motel with a lobby rather than rooms that open to the outside might be safer. There are no guarantees. Ever.

[rikkir]

Driving through at 11:30 might be tough to find. My advice would have been stop in Moriarty, or drive on to the big casino/hotel 30 min west.
Much safer than Albuquerque.

[The Antiyuppie]

“Ir’a actually a .40 caliber.”

The media will report it as a “semi-automatic assault pistol” with an 80-round banana “clip”.